A Christmas Carol a London family affair
a short film, only about an hour, recalled in Space actress June Lockhart, who made her film debut at the age of 13 as Belinda Cratchit in the Christmas classic.

The film is especially memorable for Lockhart because her parents both appear in the film.
thought my parents were wonderful as the Cratchits and it was just great fun to see how a film was made, said Lockhart.
Her father, Gene Lockhart (1891 1957), was born in London, Ont. after his family emigrated from Scotland. He would go on to become one of Hollywood most recognizable character actors throughout the and Mother Kathleen (1895 1978) had a 26 year movie career appearing in 40 films, about half alongside her husband.
father early stage experience as a little boy was with his father in The Kilties Band of Canada, in which he did the Highland fling and also sang, said Lockhart. had a lovely tenor voice. father was also athletic.
was captain of his ray ban cats 1000 hockey team and played football for the Toronto Argonauts during World War I when he was in the Canadian ROTC, she said. also played tennis, water polo, enjoyed golf, and was a fine swimmer. He swam the mile in Hamilton Bay, Toronto, faster than anyone at the time and his record stood for many years. 1934, Gene Lockhart moved to Hollywood, under contract to MGM, where he would appear in some three dozen films before playing Bob Cratchit.
When her parents suggested young June ray ban glass price play one of their on screen children, she eagerly accepted.
used to perform it every Christmas at home for our dinner guests, she recalled. I had already appeared in it, with my parents, in our living room for many years prior to doing it for MGM. We read from a script that my father had prepared from the original ray ban 3404 story. We would have wonderful actors like Doris Lloyd or Walter Kingsford playing parts, and Leo G. Carroll would play Scrooge. In the film, Scrooge was played by Reginald Owen who was just a lovely, lovely man. who portrayed Mr. He was cast as Marley ghost in the movie.
A decade later, when Lockhart made her 1947 Broadway debut in Love or Money, for which she won a Tony Award, Carroll visited her dressing room after the first matinee.
at the door in a great coat with big black collar, cane, homburg hat, gloves, and with his blue eyes sparkling, he said June, much better than I expected! recalled Lockhart. from him, it was a great accolade. A Christmas Carol is a favorite of Lockhart own family, who are fond of quoting her first scene.
daughter, Junie, and granddaughter, Christianna, have never let me forget that the first words I ever spoke in movies were: know, I know sausages! laughed June. become a family joke and we all shriek with laughter when we watch it now. Watching the film has become a family tradition each year. And now, to be able to watch it with my grandchildren well, who gets to do something like that? the film did leave Lockhart with one unpleasant memory.
thing I do remember was feeling quite nauseated on the set one day from something I had eaten the night before, ray ban 5184 she recalled. they placed a bowl of mashed parsnips in front of me during the Christmas dinner scene. The stench made me so ill, the prop man had to replace the dish with potatoes. I avoided parsnips ever since. A Christmas Carol was the only time June appeared on film with either of her parents.
it always had a sweet spot in the hearts of the Lockhart family, she said.

grand to see it on TV every year and it certainly lives on as a charming little picture. Christmas Carol, 1938 version will air on TCM Canada on Dec. 18th and 25th.